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Them, fantastic. if santorum slips by them, thats fine. he does not have the resources, organization to go forward. and if ron paul gets past them, its great. as long as they finish in the top two, feeling good about the road ahead. almost impossible to see how theyre not the nominee. and whats interesting, i know youre hearing this too, the other campaigns dont even dispute that. if you push other campaigns on -- if mitt romneys first or second, how is he not the nominee? theyre not going to gi...

Well done, mark haleprin. >> tried and true methods. >> theres no doubt as it goes in tokyo, so goes it in iowa. >> so goes -- so goes ames. >> something like that. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> it was great to see you. >> youve got great reviews at the museum last night. growing up brzezinski. everybody loved it. >> okay. >> coming up tomorrow, mitt romney will join us live from java joes here in des moines. >> and weve got michele bachmann this morning. >> this morning. up next here...

Either praise or condemn romney. on one hand, he is winning. on the other hand, the -- if you look at it as sort of romney versus the anti-romneys, there are a lot more anti-romneys, and thats why this race is so hard to predict. lets say if a couple of people were ready to drop out afterç iowa, if it could be a mano e mano race, you can imagine they could coalesce around one of those guys. but mark haleprins right, this is a turf battle. and michele bachmann hates rick perry more than mitt ro...

After romney. i think they all assume if they can emerge as the alternative to romney, that gives them a chance. they may -- >> i think we lost haleprin there. well go back to him in a second there, jonathan. >> i was going to ask mark haleprin whether he thought mitt romney was perhaps being overconfident. hes changed his whole schedule. remember, he wasnt going to spend a whole lot of time in iowa. now hes on a bus tour, going to spend new years eve in iowa. hes going to be there in the state ...

Would please conservatives. someone else on the list, senator john cornyn of texas also would be sort of governing pick. someone with no negative information out there about it. >> mark haleprin, do you have any thoughts who he might pick? weve also heard the name of the governor suzansanna martinez. >> mitt romney is going to make a governing pick. he knows from history the first, second, and third obligation politically and substantively pick somebody ready for president, i think rob portman i...

I thought romney was being very careful to maintain a centrist position in his policies, but if you actually read his campaign documents at this point, hes really positioned himself quite far to the right in order to be competitive in these early races and on the republican side. it would be a long distance to travel just like you say back to the center. >> i didnt hear an endorsement. >> theres no endorsements there. >> no endorsements there. the nbc poll also finds 40% of likely voters saying ...

Joes. a little early here. weve got that one hour to beat you. but, you know, look, everything is sort of funny to see the deck of cards thrown up in the air when you see this one poll showing that the one candidate who did this the old-fashioned way in iowa, one county at a time going from activist to activist. the eight people in coffee shop campaigning that made iowa famous over the last couple of decades. rick santorum finally at the end seeing effortsç paying off. itll be interesting, we ...

Baloney until you start voting. nobodys voted yet. and im saying this is determined -- mikas saying he cant get his base -- >> weve been doing this for a long time. >> hes going to be the republican nominee for president. and when he is, hes proven before he can reach across the aisle. he was the governor of massachusetts with an overwhelmingly democratic legislature and got things done in massachusetts there. thats something that barack obama has never in his life proven he can do. voting prese...

Cornyn of texas. but we can see that now chris christies definitely going to be courted and probably in a very public way youll start to see the great mentioner mentioning him more and more. >> mark haleprin, chris christie has one of the highest approval ratings of any republican governor, you immediately put new jersey in play. and even if mitt romney doesnt win, look at john kennedy in 1956, the mere mention of possibly being a v.p. candidate helped him. sarah palin in 2008 is propelled on th...

Good games on christmas eve anymore? im not asking that question anymore. because tomorrow on christmas eve, weve got a must-win game for both the jets and the giants. theyre playing tomorrow on christmas eve at 1:00. this is a huge game. mark haleprin, who wins? >> lots at stake for both teams, my moneys always on the afc jets. >> im a huge giants fan. my moneys on the jets. >> jonathan capart, you have dissected both teams, looked at them very closely. jets and giants, break it down. >> just p...